[SBE] DTV converter

[Vinny Lopez]

the DigitalStream DTX9950 CEB from Radio Shack has Analog Pass-Through.

Vinny

Cowboy wrote:

> On Thursday 05 June 2008 12:40 pm, Richard Hardy wrote:

>   

>>  I purchased the Magnavox TB100MG9 at Sears (the last one on the shelf)

>>  and it works great. 

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>>  Does anyone know of any of the pass 

>>  through boxes that will pass through the analog signal as another channel

>>  along with the digital lineup? 

>>     

>

>  This borders on a no-brainer, guys !

>

>  Acquire two, two set splitters, and three one foot jumpers.

>

>  Connect one splitter output normally to the input of the box,

>  antenna to splitter input. Connect the free output to the

>  OUTPUT of the other splitter. Connect the remaining splitter

>  output to the OUTPUT of the box, hence a combiner.

>  The only now free port, the normally-an-input port of the second

>  splitter now on the output of the box, is the combined output

>  to your TV system.

>  On this output port, you have all of the existing analog plus the

>  converted DTV channel, with about a 6 db loss from the antenna.

>  The port isolation of the outputs on these puppies is about 20 db

>  each, so you have about 40 db isolation between the input and

>  output of the converter.

>

>  Now, you have analog pass-around, with NO switching, NO menu,

>  NO action by the user whatever. Just switch to the DTV converter

>  analog output channel, and you have converted DTV. All of the

>  other analog channels work normally, unless you are unfortunate

>  enough ( as am I ) to have a first adjacent local station.

>  My converter output on channel 4 interferes with off the air

>  channel 3 pretty badly.

>

>  Additionally, the pass-around passes around the digital signals, so

>  a second converter down stream also works just fine.

>

>  And, I'm the RADIO guy !

>  Sheesh......

>  :-)

>

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